Farm-gate



(No Model.)

T. C. LIPPITT.

FARM GATE.

No. 60-61467. Patented June 28,1898.

may p wivaqgq THEODORE O. LIPPITT, OF SHENANDOAH, IOWA.

FARM-GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,467, dated June 28, 1898. Application filed October 13,1897. Serial No. 655,071. (No model.)

means of which one end may be raised above the level of the other end in the plane of the gate; and its object is to combine the parallelmoving bars with a turn-post, so that the free end may be adjusted to any angle of elevation required to permit the passage beneath it of small stock, such as sheep and hogs, and be there fastened, so that it cannot be raised or lowered by large stock and yet be free in any such position to be swung upon its hinges to be opened or closed.

To this end myinvention consists in the construction and combination of parts forming a gate hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, 5 represents the latch-post, and 6 the hinge-post, both of which may be firmly set in the ground or be stationarily fixed in any usual manner.

7 represents the hook portion of a common hinge.

Sis the strap portion of the upper hinge, and 9 the strap portion of the lower hinge.

10 is the rear, 11 the forward, and 12 the middle, upright of the gate. Each of these uprights is usually made of two like portions separated far enough to admit between them the horizontal bars 13, which bars are pivotally secured in the uprights to permit a swinging vertical movement of all the bars. The outer and middle uprights also swing up and down in the plane of the gate.

Dotted lines 14E indicate the location of the parts with the gate in one of its raised positions.

The straps 8 and 9 are firmly and permanently secured to the rear upright 10 and are provided with eyes to engage the hooks 7, forming therewith the hinges upon-which the gate may be swung horizontally to open and close it. In my construction of these straps I extend them forward as braces to be joined together at 15, midway of the gate, forming, With the upright 10, a rigidly-braced triangle.

I also provide a notched rack 16, consisting of a plate of iron to be rigidly fixed to the middle upright 12 in the arc of acircle whose center 25 is in line of the latch 18 at right angles with the line of bar-pivots in the upright 10. The plate of this rack is to be engaged by a hooking projection 17 of the strap 8, which clasps freely around its edge,whereby the braces 8 9 hold the gate against the straining of wind or large animals. The latch 18 is pivoted at 19 to one of the braces and provided with a weighted handle 20, the action of which handle is to press the catchpoint of the latchinto engagement with some one of the notches in rack 16,whereby the gate will be held upon the braces 8 9 against either upward or downward movement. Though I prefer to make the straps 8 and 9 of plain sheet-steel or angle-iron, yet other forms or even a single casting comprising bothstraps in their bracing form with hinge-shaped ends may be adopted for this purpose without departing from the spirit of my invention.

This gate may be set raised to any desired elevation to permit the passage of swine,sheep, poultry, and small animals generally, and yet serve to stop the passage of horses and cattle, and while so set and supported by its brace and latch work it may be swung open or shut without interfering with the raised setting.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is the following:

1. In a farm-gate, a series of bars and uprights pivotally connected for parallel movement in their structural plane, apair of hinges secured to one of the end uprights, a brace rigidly connected with each hinge and the two braces joined together at a distance from the hinges forming a trianglewith the hinged upright; a notched rack secured to an upright of the gate near the juncture of the said two braces and a latch secured to one of the braces adapted to engage the rack-notches, substantially as described.

2. In a farm-gate, a series of parallel bars and uprights pivotally'joined, a pair of hinges secured to one of the end uprights, a notched plate secured to a midway upright'to project beyond one edge thereof, braces extending from each hinge and joined near said midway upright, one of the said braces having a return or hook-shaped bend at its end to engage the projecting edge of the notched plate, and 

